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News on Monday, May 20th, 2013

Levi’s Take Us Through the 501 Timeline in This Short Film

As our recent post on Levi’s historian Lynn Downey mentioned, the brand is celebrating 140 years of its most iconic product, the 501. In this short film we’re taken through the journey from mine to WW2, Hell’s Angels to ’90s skate…

More top jewellery from British maker Bunney. If your approach to precious metals is a democratic one, preferring not to takes sides, Bunney plays to your indecisiveness with this half n’ half effort. Made in England from 925 sterling silver, hand-finished,…

London designer Margaret Howell releases a backpack and a weekender combo for Spring Summer 2013. Made in Carlisle, Cumbria, look to these bags for traditional hand crafted techniques that create a bag constructed for wear and tear. Bonded cotton twill…

A Weekend Guide to 6 Acetate Sunglasses We Love

Summer is almost upon us and we’re revving up to go out our outdoor adventures in the city. We’ve compiled a short list of six pairs of sunglasses we have on our list right now, ranging from specialist eyewear brands…

Bang & Olufsen‘s B&O Play announces their latest headphones, the Beoplay H3 and H6 in scratch-resistant anodized aluminum, developed in conjunction with industrial designer, Jakob Wagner. The BeoPlay H6 is an over-ear pair of headphones made around 40mm custom drivers…

British Surf label Finisterre introduces some footage from a trip they took the the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. Severe cold weather has got their crew camped out at a secret beach around wood-burners or inside a Swedish ex-army text waiting…

How would you feel about living in a house held up angled galvanized steel beams? If it looked anything like this number from David Barr + Ross Brewin Architects in Perth, Western Australia, I’d take my chances. Built around the concept of a…

Two firsts from Nudie here – London’s first store from the brand and their first ‘Repair Station’. On the corner of Berwick Street and D’Arblay, 140sq meters of retail space and showroom across two floors, all worn and industrial space,…

Founded in 2012 by Benjamin Caron and Isabelle Guédon formerly of YSL, French label Adieu presents their take on the loafer. Made in France, these feature a comfortable chunky crepe sole, two-tone upper, a bit Jazz-Age, a bit teddy boy. Sounds like…

British designer William Tempest, best known for his bold prints, puts together this reversible pyjama set for W London. Classic in cut, silk and cotton printed on one side, with a solid grey on the other if you’re feeling a…

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News on Monday, May 20th, 2013

Levi’s Take Us Through the 501 Timeline in This Short Film

Bunney Mix Metals With This Gold Dipped Badge

Margaret Howell Backpacks and Weekender Bags

News on Friday, May 17th, 2013

A Weekend Guide to 6 Acetate Sunglasses We Love

Two New Anodized Aluminium Headphones from B&O Play’s Beoplay Collection

Watch Finisterre Cold Weather Surfing Scotland’s Outer Hebrides Islands

A House on Stilts with A View of The Western Australian Coast

Take a Look Inside the New Nudie Store & Repair Station in Soho, London

Two-tone Crepe Sole loafers from Adieu – Step Easy

William Tempest for W Hotel London – A Pyjama Set for Fancy Naps